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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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